To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=62984 Issue #:|62984 Summary:|Paragraph break searching really important Component:|Word processor Version:|OOo 2.0.2 Platform:|PC URL:| OS/Version:|All Status:|UNCONFIRMED Status whiteboard:| Keywords:| Resolution:| Issue type:|DEFECT Priority:|P3 Subcomponent:|editing Assigned to:|mru Reported by:|robwrobw
------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Mar 9 09:55:39 -0800 2006 ------- I've read the several issue reports on the inability of Writer to search for paragaph breaks (you can search for a single paragraph break using $, but not multiple paragraph breaks using $$$ etc., unless I've missed something - please tell me if I have!) Searching for multiple paragraph breaks has always been a critical feature for me as a specialist in documentation work. It allows you to do all kinds of useful document formatting, especially replacing multiple breaks with single breaks, and in other ways cleaning up text. As far as I can tell there is just no way in Writer to, say, search for all triple paragraph breaks and replace them with single breaks, nor can you search for something like a space followed by a paragraph break, find the combination, and replace both with, say, a manual break (Writer would just replace the space, not the combination). I want to add my voice to those who say flexibly searching and replacing paragraph breaks is very important. Also this is an opportunity to one-up WORD. WORD allows you to search for paragraph returns, but NOT in WORD's "wildcard" (sort of regular expressions) search mode. So you have to switch back and forth between plain text searching and wildcard searching to search for both paragraph breaks and manual returns, c creating some odd work arounds. To be able to effectively search for both paragraph breaks and manual returns in regular expression mode would give Writer a significant features lacking in WORD. Thanks for your attention! Rob Weinberg --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
